Walter's Laugh - The Money Pit (4/9) Movie CLIP (1986) HD

In the movie " The money Pit ". The house is the lacuna of laughter throughout this movie.

Word of the Day : May 28, 2019

lacuna

noun luh-KOO-nuh

Definition :

1 : a blank space or a missing part : gap; also : deficiency.

2 : a small cavity, pit, or discontinuity in an anatomical structure.

Did You Know ?

Exploring the etymology of lacuna involves taking a plunge into the pit—or maybe a leap into the lacus (that's the Latin word for "lake"). Latin speakers modified lacus into lacuna and used it to mean "pit," "cleft," or "pool." English speakers borrowed the term in the 17th century. It is usually pluralized as lacunae; however, lacunas is an accepted variant plural. Another English word that traces its origin to lacuna is lagoon, which came to us by way of Italian and French.

Examples :

The osteocyte is a cell that is isolated in a lacuna of bone.

"During her investigation, Charlie disguises herself as a man, but it's not entirely clear why the private detective does this—the only lacuna in an otherwise well-handled plot." — Eve Ottenberg, The Washington (D.C.) City Paper, 8 Apr. 2019.